The Dyad: Star Wars Ep. IX Continuation

Chapter 5

"Before we leave I want to talk to Poe and Finn," Rey said to Ben as he finished his third cup of coffee.

"They won't want you to go." Ben said plainly, "Especially not with me."

"I don't think that's true," Rey frowned, "They know I can handle myself. Besides, I'll bring a droid to keep us company."

Ben immediately sighed and put his head into his hands, "Please... please do not bring C3PO."

Rey's lips turned into a devilish smile, "You know C3PO?"

"Of course I do, he and R2D2 are my mother's droids. I grew up with them around our house. While my mother was busy building the New Republic, I was left alone with C3PO on most days." Ben didn't speak of the time very fondly. He didn't think he had the most joyful childhood, even when he was a toddler. He felt a huge sense of abandonment from both his mother and father.

"Do you think he still remembers you?" Rey's eyes twinkled at the possibility,

"I don't want to find out." Ben sighed, but before Ben could get his words out Rey was flagging down the golden droid and his blue counterpart.

"C3PO! Come over here I have someone you might remember!"

Ben tugged on the ends of his hair. The two droids only flooded his mind of memories. Memories of his parents arguing every night. Memories of his Father leaving on the Falcon and never coming back. Memories of his Mother being gone all day working, never asking if he was happy.

"Oh!" The metal voice ran shivers down his spine, "Master Ben! I haven't seen you since you left for your Jedi training with Master Luke!"

Ben stood up and turned around, he smiled politely at the droid and told him to keep his voice down. R2D2 was squealing and shaking back and forth on its wheels. It was very happy to see Ben.

Rey's stomach turned when she saw the amount of discomfort she was causing Ben. Guilt washed over her and she realized maybe bringing back some of these memories wasn't a good idea. Furthermore, the droids obviously didn't know Ben Solo was Kylo Ren. She hadn't even thought about that possibility. C3PO thought Ben had been away training the whole time, he didn't know the full story.

"Are you back for good Master Ben?" C3PO asked.

"Just for a while C3PO, I'm leaving soon with Rey to train."

"Oh, how you've grown Master Ben!" R2D2 whirred in agreement.

"Maybe you can catch up later," Rey offered, trying to fix her mistake.

The droids pattered away eventually and Rey hugged her elbows tightly. "I'm sorry." Rey murmured, "I thought seeing something from back then might be good." She cast her eyes away but could feel Ben's sizzling anger. The anger wasn't directed towards her, she could feel that.

"No. No, it wasn't helpful." Ben said, voiding all emotion in his voice. "I should get back to the Falcon."

"Why?" Rey asked, looking up at his frown,

"The Wookie is close by," Ben said.

"How do you know?" Rey whispered, peering around the mostly empty room.

Coldness and fear washed over Rey as she heard the Wookie cry out. Before she could react, the 7-foot tall Wookie was running at the two of them.

Chewbacca grabbed both of Ben's arms and shoved him to the ground, letting out the most violet growl Rey had ever heard from him. Rey grabbed the Wookie's arm and begged as quietly as she could to let go. They were already making a scene and Rey didn't want it to get worse. What made the whole incident worse is when she looked at Ben's face, he looked broken. He didn't fight back either. He let Chewbacca pin him to the floor. He let him scream in agony into his face.